If you have visited the gas pump recently, you know the price of gas is skyrocketing. I had to take a big gulp the other day as I shelled out $75.00 to fill up my vehicle. Gas is a necessity for me to get places of any great distance. Like gas, our bodies need fuel to operate. We need good nutrition, hydration, exercise, and rest just to name a few.
Our focus for this week is looking at what a life under Christ's control can be for our lives.
I received the most incredible link to a video clip (watch video) the other day and had to share. Louie Giglio is sharing an inspiring message about Laminin, an amazing molecule in the human body. The scientific definition of Laminin is a protein molecule with a long arm that binds to cells which helps anchor the actual organs to the membrane. Laminin is vital to making overall body structures hold together. Laminin is like the steel they put in the concrete to hold the structure together.
When Christ designed our lives, He planned to be actively involved in and with us, all the way down to the tinest molecule that physically holds us together.
1 Corinthains 3:16 shares, You realize, don't you, that you are the temple of God and God himself is present in you. No one will get by with vandalizing God's temple, you can be sure of that. God's temple is sacred and remember you are the temple.
In Old Testament times, the temple was a physical temple or building where priests made sacrifices for the people. In the New Testament, the focus shifted when Christ came to earth in the form of a human. After His death and resurrection, He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell within us, making our bodies the physical temple in which Christ dwells.
1 Corinthians 6:20 states, The physical part of you is not some piece of property belonging to the spiritual part of you. God owns the whole works. He entrusts our life and body to us so that we can glorify Him as we live. He doesn't want an absentee owner. He has taken up residence and He is the glue that holds us together.
The presence of God' Spirit in my life confirms that I have begun eternal life and that God created me to be in a relationship with Him. Or as I would like to look at it, the laminin that holds me together.
My spiritual independence ended when I acknowledged this and invited Christ to be the Lord of my life.
Spiritual intimacy with God begins as God's Spirit begins to actively work in my life through my deliberate thoughts and actions. It is a longing to know Him better and better with each passing day. Like I need nutrition, hydration, rest, and exercise to fuel my physical body, it is important that I fuel my spiritual, mental, and emotional well-being with a dose of Jesus every day!
Sharing in that intimate relationship and growing closer to Christ on a daily basis is reflected in spending time with Him. I have come to learn that for me it doesn't have to be a long segment of time that has to be scheduled on my calendar, but it can also be an ongoing communication through out the day. May be a passage I read in the morning I am able to reflect on while waiting to pick up kids from school. A song on Christian radio inspires me to sing at the top of my lungs with praises to God. An upcoming difficult conversation is proceeded by a quick request for the right words to say. The silence as I fall asleep at night offers a great time to thank God for my blessings during the day, leaving me to fall asleep in Him arms.
The difference between that fuel and the fuel at the gas pump?
This price tag has already been paid.
Blessings,
Jill
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